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SABMiller creates educational opportunities in Honduras
29 June 2010
SABMiller, one of the world's leading brewers, is providing an education for children of sugar cane workers in Honduras.
Cerveceria Hondurena, SABMiller's Honduran subsidiary, set up the 'Azunosa' school with the aim of trying to ensure that the sugarcane fields which supply its soft drinks operation are not worked in by under 18 year olds.
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) states that sugar cane harvesting is hazardous and is not suitable for people under 18 years old. In some parts of the developing world there is a tradition of youths working alongside their families during the sugar cane harvest.
The Azunosa school currently has 80 students and provides them with an education until the school-leaving age of 16, students are then encouraged to continue their studies in high school and beyond.
Barry Smith, President of SABMiller Latin America said: "We believe that companies have a responsibility to respect and promote human rights, and ensuring that children do not miss educational opportunities and still have time to have fun, is obviously part of this.".
SABMiller plc is one of the world's largest brewers with brewing interests and distribution agreements across six continents. The group's wide portfolio of brands includes premium international beers such as Pilsner Urquell, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Miller Genuine Draft and Grolsch, as well as leading local brands such as Aguila, Castle, Miller Lite, Snow and Tyskie. SABMiller is also one of the world's largest bottlers of Coca-Cola products.
In the year ended 31 March 2010, the group reported US$3,803 million adjusted pre-tax profit and group revenue of US$26,350 million. SABMiller plc is listed on the London and Johannesburg stock exchanges.
Ten Priorities. One Future. Through our Ten Priorities for sustainable development, SABMiller will make a difference both locally and globally to enhance the One Future that we all share. A robust approach to sustainable development underpins our ability to grow and our licence to operate. Furthermore, a well-managed, growing business is good for wider economic development, leading to greater employment and investment in local economies and communities.
Bianca Shevlin
Corporate media relations manager
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Bruce Haertl
For What It's Worth
12:21 PM EST, February 24, 2013
I'm going to miss the BracketBusters. Up until the last couple of years I'd really come to wonder what immediate benefit Wichita State got from this game. Yes, it helped in their scheduling, but through the first seven years rarely did it seem to have the desired effect, not that it didn't foster some interesting bedfellows.
Year three—George Mason
Through the ten year run of BracketBusters, WSU has always been the higher ranked team in their match-up, which has generally made the game more important beneficial for the opponent than it has the Shockers. When George Mason came in in 2006, they were an up and coming team in the Colonial Athletic Association. Wichita State has just beaten Creighton in overtime and was on the verge of clinching their first Missouri Valley Conference championship in 28 years. The Patriots won by three in the Roundhouse, spurring their run to the Final Four, a run that included a Sweet 16 rematch with the Shockers in their home city of Washington, DC.
Last three years
VCU, Davidson and Detroit have all been meaningful. To this day Virginia Commonwealth coach Shaka Smart credits his team's win in Wichita as the driving force in their Final Four run in 2011. In truth, that one point game won by the Rams on a controversial call in the final second was probably the difference in VCU going to the NCAA with the Shockers headed to the NIT. It worked out for both and a rivalry, of sorts, was born. A year later VCU knocks Wichita State out of the NCAA's, before the Shockers return to Richmond this season to claim their biggest road win, one that will resonate on Selection Sunday.
Last year's blowout at Davidson was merely an affirmation of what Wichita State was all about at the time. The Shockers were in the midst of a nine game win streak and a nearly two month run when they lost just once. The game came just a week after WSU had pummeled Creighton on the road on national television and solidified what would end up being a fifth-seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Detroit, yesterday
Even Gregg Marshall, the staunchest of defensive task masters, acknowledged how fun it was playing up and down with the Titans. Wichita State was so dominant that Detroit coach Ray McCallum lamented the pace of the game, saying that the Shockers played too fast for them. Too fast for a team that averages 79 points. Too fast for a team that lives in transition. Too fast for a team that expects to win every track meet they enter. Not that Marshall had any doubts about his team's ability to play at such an accelerated pace, but having done it should give them that much more confidence moving forward.
Malcolm rising
There have been some moments with Malcolm Armstead that have given one pause; the silly technical against Southern Mississippi and the late game misplays at Northern Iowa and Southern Illinois. But the senior is flat out balling down the season's stretch. In their current five game win streak Armstead is averaging nearly 16 points and 4.5 assists a game. Not only has he played great, but he's elevated the play of those around him.
What did you expect?
Was there any outcome yesterday more predictable than the beat down KU laid on TCU? You know what they say about pay backs.
Just cruising along
K-State had another ho-hum road win at Texas yesterday, as they sweep Texas for the first time in Big 12 play. Are the Wildcats playing themselves into a three seed? Do Arizona, Louisville, New Mexico and Syracuse have that much better resumes? Four of KSU's five losses have come to top 10 RPI's, the other, at Iowa State, was against a team in the top 50. In other words, the Wildcats have no bad losses.

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An interview with professor at the Harvard Business School, and Director at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Michael Porter. Porter spoke about "The Social Progress Index", a new report that ranks countries on how well their citizens live. He discussed why the United States rank 16th.
Dan Cunningham is looking for five or six fellow CEOs who are committed to narrowing the gap between wages and output in their own businesses and who are willing to share best practices with others. Cunningham also wants to partner with business and community leaders who are identifying regional clusters that are poised for growth and global competitiveness.
Cunningham, chief executive officer of the Long-Stanton Group, is fresh off a fellowship at Harvard University, where he studied with professors including Michael Porter, an expert on competitive strategy, and Larry Summers, the former U.S. treasury secretary.
As Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), Karen Mills spent four years as part of President Barack Obama's senior economic team and a member of his Cabinet, specifically focused on the health and growth of America's small businesses and entrepreneurs. Now Mills has brought her experience as a policy maker—as well as 25 years of experience as an investor and small business owner—to the U.S. Competitiveness Project at Harvard Business School.
America's infrastructure woes and how to fix them were front and center at the recent summit, America on the Move: Transportation and Infrastructure for the 21st Century, led by Rosabeth Moss Kanter.
For decades, argues Harvard Business School's Rosabeth Moss Kanter, we have paid for our neglected infrastructure in lost productivity and jobs, but the full bill is coming due.
From the White House to New York City's new mayor, nothing is attracting more political attention these days than the idea of income inequality—that the rich are getting richer while the middle class and poor tread water, at best.
Few people I've ever heard are as informed or as eloquent on the subject as Harvard Business School's Jan Rivkin.
The United States' predominance in science and technology eroded further during the last decade, as several Asian nations—particularly China and South Korea—rapidly increased their innovation capacities, according to the National Science Board.
Employers added 113,000 jobs in January, well below the 185,000 economists had expected.
U.S. corporations donate an estimated $3 billion to $4 billion a year to K-12 education. A new report from HBS, BCG, and the Gates Foundation argues that's not enough. A companion piece explores a survey given to more than 1,100 superintendents nationwide.
Most school superintendents in the United States say businesses are positively influencing their districts, but it's usually in a fragmented, "checkbook philanthropy" way, concludes a study and a white paper released February 6 by Harvard Business School, The Boston Consulting Group, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Contrary to popular opinion when one looks at a variety of data sources, the United States appears to be doing well in relative terms both economically and competitively.
HBS and BCG conducted the first-ever nationwide survey of school superintendents on business' role in education and released a report summarizing the findings in February 2014.
New research by BCG, the Gates Foundation, and HBS highlights what business can do to work with education leaders on the urgent task of transforming the nation's education system. (February 2014)
Gov. Jon Huntsman talks with Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter about the importance of competitiveness and growth in America, and the challenge that No Labels is undertaking to help maintain America as a competitive society.
There is a strong argument that it is a wise time to make a strategic investment in U.S. infrastructure by adding to the country's debt while interest rates remain extremely low.
As U.S. companies expanded globally in the 1970s and 1980s, they started ignoring their hometowns, hurting America and putting companies' long-term profits at risk, Jan Rivkin, professor at Harvard Business School, told a room full of business leaders. The result is that companies' profits have risen thanks to global success while American workers have struggled to keep up.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Boston Consulting Group, and Harvard Business School are collaborating on a joint research effort to understand best practices in business engagement in PK-12 education and to mobilize more business and education leaders to follow those practices.
Amid growing alarm over the slipping international competitiveness of American students, a report comparing math and science test scores of eighth graders in individual states to those in other countries has found that a majority outperformed the international average.
In an interview with WSJ's David Wessel, Michael Porter from Harvard Business School talks about the challenges business in the U.S. is facing, including political gridlock in Washington and an ever-deepening skills shortage.
From New York to Silicon Valley, more and more large American corporations are reducing their tax bill by buying a foreign company and effectively renouncing their United States citizenship.
The U.S. moved up on the competitiveness chart this year, but it'll take much more effort to unseat Switzerland for the top spot.
Thanks to state-sponsored cable/phone duopolies, U.S. broadband stays slow and expensive -- and will probably impede cloud adoption
Almost all the 10 least competitive economies are extremely poor — six of them have a GDP per capita below $1,000. One of these economies, Burundi, has a per capita GDP of just $282. U.S. GDP per capita, by comparison, is nearly $50,000.
The United States' competitiveness among global economies is rising again after four years of decline, though northern European countries continue to dominate the rankings published annually by the World Economic Forum.
No matter where you look in the air, outer space and within the depths of cyberspace, these are congested, contested and competitive environments. A recently released U.S. Air Force study scopes out a science and technology vision to deal with these concerns.
U.S. manufacturers are re-establishing their competitiveness globally after a decade-long slide.
The ubiquitous government surveillance harms more than just our personal privacy, and American businesses need to pay particular attention.
Dante A. Disparte, president of the Harvard Business School Alumni Club, Washington D.C., calls upon the local alumni network and the business community at large to make a difference in the nation's capital.
While other countries have modernized their international tax systems, the United States remains mired in the past. The U.S. tax system isn't working for American businesses, workers or the economy as a whole.
Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter offers insights on how to strengthen America's competitiveness before the Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access.
During our Roadshow tour, we've spoken with a number of companies that have expressed concern about a few key problems the middle market faces. Here's a look at their biggest concerns.
HBS Experts will meet with D.C. leaders to discuss areas of agreement around the actionable steps that can be taken to address America's structural competitiveness
Starting in 2007 Milwaukee leaders from different areas (large established companies, civic organizations, public sector, academia, and entrepreneurs) negotiated a path for converting the region into a global water hub to address economic and environmental concerns.
Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria appeared on CNBC's "Squawk Box" to discuss what the United States needs to assure economic competitiveness on a global scale.
The United States is in danger of losing its advantage in the humanities and social sciences, just as China and other rivals move toward the U.S. model of a broad education in the liberal arts, a federal panel warned in a report to be released on Wednesday.
Harvard Business School Professor Bill George speaks on Bloomberg about NSA surveillance, the vetting of contractors for intel outsourcing, and the role the auto industry can play in renewing U.S. Competitiveness.
The United States is losing its competitiveness in the world economy. Sadly, instead of leading the innovation charge in the twenty-first century, we are becoming victims of policies that restrict our entrepreneurial roots.
Rebuilding roads, bridges and points of commerce would help lower unemployment levels, improve commercial operations and strengthen the U.S. economy over the long term.
Competition from China and other low-wage rivals, coupled with fallout from the 2007-'09 financial crisis, has put American wages under such unprecedented strain that they have shifted into reverse -- not merely stagnating, but falling.
Now that financial markets have recovered and business efficiency and profitability have revived, the U.S. has regained its dominant position, according to IMD.
U.S. capital market competitiveness weakened in the first quarter of 2013, when all 20 of the largest IPOs conducted worldwide occurred outside of the U.S., extending a declining trend in market competitiveness from 2012, according to the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation.
The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform suggests that civil justice reform would play an important role in increasing the global competitiveness of American businesses.
At an event at Harvard Business School that was three parts analysis and one part rally, participants tried to chart a new path forward for the sluggish U.S. economy — a move that may require a new definition of "competitiveness."
Business leaders expect the nation's competitiveness to deteriorate, with companies less able to compete globally, pay workers well, or both, according to a new report released by Harvard Business School.
Some experts fear the United States is falling behind other developed nations in broadband adoption and performance, but others say such concerns are often exaggerated and unsupported by analysis.
The US is becoming less competitive partly because it refuses to address mounting debt problems. Federal policymakers in Washington DC have to make some tough choices to put the nation's finances in order and improve economic prospects.
America's public infrastructure — roads, bridges, airports, seaports, waterways and even sidewalks — is a mess. You can see it for yourself every day. It's not just a nuisance; it's bad for our economy.
The return of a few companies' manufacturing is encouraging. But the big question is: To what extent is the United States capable of taking back manufacturing on a significant scale? The challenges are great.
The United States has been using fiscal and monetary solutions as a base for its economic growth policy. But these macroeconomic strategies by itself are not leading to long-term growth. If we want to create more jobs, increase per capita income and reduce poverty, we need a shift in focus towards regions as the drivers of the national economy.
Current policy measures will accomplish only the bare minimum to improve U.S. competitiveness in the global information economy. According to recent FCC data, gigabit broadband connections are available in only about 40 communities across 15 states.
The United Kingdom has beaten the United States to become the fifth top tourist destination in the world, according to a new report.
The US has an international tax system that puts American companies and workers at a disadvantage as they try to compete in a new world.
Political skirmishes and impasses around short-term events are distracting us from the real danger ahead: Our reckless fiscal trajectory that threatens America's competitiveness. Insights by David Walker and Robert Kaplan.
Contradicting earlier studies, conventional wisdom and politicians' rhetoric, European researchers say that the Internet infrastructure of the United States is one of the world's best and getting better.
Housing prices in Silicon Valley remain defiantly high. New BMWs and Saabs cruise Highway 101. But for the first time there are signs that the current economic downturn is taking its toll on the country's cradle of technology and innovation.
For innovation, entrepreneurship, and startups, the U.S. continues to be unparalleled. But in spreading economic benefits broadly throughout the economy, we have not done well the last 30 years.
The U.S. economy will be between 1.5 and 2.6 percent smaller over the long-term because other nations' corporate tax rates are considerably more competitive, according to a new study by Ernst & Young and the RATE Coalition, a group lobbying for lower corporate tax rates.
The news from Washington certainly isn't very good. Intransigence and partisan politics are really just distracting us from what's really important — our lack of competitiveness in the world. Have we lost our edge? Harvard Business School's Michael Porter, Jan Rivken and Rosabeth Moss Kanter seem to think so.
Concerned about long-term structural issues such as the educational system, the tax code, and partisan politics, business leaders are continuing to voice pessimism about the state and direction of U.S.competitiveness, according to a new survey by the Harvard Business School (
Business leaders are warning that the federal budget morass is one symptom of a far more troubling problem: long-term challenges to U.S. competitiveness that are sapping America's strengths, according to a Harvard Business School survey.
Recently, the results of the second year of Harvard Business School's survey on US competitiveness were released. This time, in addition to asking both the public and of business leaders how the economy was doing, the survey asked their opinions of specific policies.
Jan Rivkin, professor and chair of the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School, discusses the structural issues facing the United States and as a result, the multiple short term crises. He speaks on Bloomberg Television's "Market Makers."
Michael Porter, University professor at Harvard, talks to Charlie Rose about the United States in the global economy.
The American middle class is "hollowing out" as the U.S. economy fails to compete effectively in a globalized world, Harvard economist Michael Porter told CNBC's "Closing Bell" this week.
The electrical blackout at the Super Bowl wasn't about New Orleans. It speaks more to the pressing challenge of ensuring our infrastructure is capable of enabling America to be competitive in a global economy.
Weak conditions abroad and flagging U.S. competitiveness caused exports to contract $27 billion and businesses anticipating a further slowdown slashed inventories by $40 billion in the fourth quarter.
Mounting debt obligations threaten the very foundation of US business, placing at risk our competitiveness and innovation leadership in the world.
Harvard Business School Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin lay out policy steps for the president and Congress to follow in order to make American companies more competitive and their employees more prosperous.
In this video from the Nightly Business Report, Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter says the US needs to make structural changes to restore its competitiveness.
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski says making sure that the U.S. has super-fast, high-capacity, ubiquitous broadband networks is essential to economic growth, job creation, and U.S. competitiveness.
Longer winter breaks and shorter summer vacations are ideas being tested around the country as school districts debate whether to extend the school year.
Our ability to compete in a global economy, attract the world's brightest workers and nurture a functional political system is slipping. This weakness is now at a point where it threatens to erode the pillars upon which America's national security rests. America's competitiveness is now a matter of national security.
Until recently, the debate about tax reform has focused mostly on the corporate side and mostly on the international side, but in the negotiations about the fiscal cliff, the debate has moved into a discussion about individual taxation.
Two Harvard Business School professors warn a group of incoming congressional freshmen that it would be a mistake to separate concerns about the economy from the broader and increasingly urgent problem of America's waning competitiveness in the global world of business.
A report by the National Intelligence Council predicts that the United States will lose its superpower status by 2030, but that no country -- including China -- will be a hegemonic power. Instead, the report says, power will shift to "networks and coalitions in a multipolar world."
The Puget Sound region, for all its strengths, is only a few Chinese leaps in software, airplanes and biotechnology from becoming Akron, Ohio, with ferries, columnist Jon Talton says.
America's success in restoring competitiveness will define the opportunities and economic mobility of American citizens as well as America's influence in the world, according to Harvard Business School's Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin.
Video Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter, a co-leader of the United States Competitiveness Project, suggests three simple and bipartisan actions that may help boost productivity in the US.
At Rochester Institute of Technology, working together with several corporate representatives, we have developed a template agreement in which the university agrees to a different kind of research relationship with an interested company.
The United States faces a number of steep economic challenges to its continued economic growth, but a group of business and policy experts said they believe the Obama administration, working with Congress, can solve daunting short-term issues that threaten to derail economic recovery.
Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter on US competitiveness and the "fiscal cliff."
Video Samuel R. Allen, chief executive officer for Deere & Co., James Hagedorn, CEO for Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Keith D. Nosbusch, CEO for Rockwell Automation Inc., Michael E. Porter, professor at Harvard Business School, and Edward M. Smith, CEO for Ullico, Inc., talk about U.S. productivity and economic growth outlook. They speak at the National Competitiveness Forum in Washington. Bloomberg's Al Hunt moderates.
It's time for business to lead in restoring American competitiveness, rather than waiting for Washington to act, write Harvard Business School professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin.
A recent survey of Harvard Business School graduates found 58 percent expect U.S. competitiveness to worsen over the next three years. This would be a good time for Obama to prove them wrong.
For the first time in our lives, the promise of upward mobility -- the core of the American Dream -- can no longer be taken for granted. The top priority for President Obama is to enact policies that support job growth and reduce worker anxieties.
The United States will slip to fifth place from third in manufacturing competitiveness in the next five years as India and Brazil race ahead, according to a report published Friday.
Wanna be a rock star? Come to Detroit. That's one takeaway a group of Harvard Business School professors had Thursday night during a presentation on their year-long project on U.S. competitiveness.
Shippers say the limited choices many face give railroads too much power, which allows them to dictate price increases or arbitrarily impose extra fees, such as for diesel fuel to power their locomotives.
Shippers say the limited choices many face give railroads too much power, which allows them to dictate price increases or arbitrarily impose extra fees, such as for diesel fuel to power their locomotives.
Over the next four years, U.S. President Barack Obama has an opportunity to help the U.S. remain competitive in a rapidly globalizing, recalibrating world.
Next week, a coalition of business leaders will press a longer-term to-do list on Washington's politicians. Its 200 items include cutting corporate taxes, streamlining regulations, upgrading the nation's crumbling infrastructure and creating a more highly skilled workforce.
In an open letter to President Obama, Rosabeth Moss Kanter advises, "You have been reelected at a time when no one is satisfied with the status quo. You must show that your are serious about solving problems by a willingness to act quickly on a big, national campaign to get action throughout the country."
History shows that four to five years after a financial crisis is usually when a country either moves slowly but surely into a sustained recovery or lapses back into recession.
If the United States economy is to restore itself to earlier levels of full employment, prosperity and financial soundness, the American manufacturing community must engage in a national effort to resurrect its global competitiveness.
If the United States economy is to restore itself to earlier levels of full employment, prosperity and financial soundness, the American manufacturing community must engage in a national effort to resurrect its global competitiveness.
Executives from around the world are profoundly pessimistic about the ability of companies operating in the U.S. to compete in the global economy and to pay high wages to American workers, a survey of more than 6,800 Harvard Business School alumni found.
Harvard Business School alumna Chitra Nawbatt provides a "view from the field" as the School continues its U.S. Competitiveness Project.
A group of national leaders seeking to make the United States more globally competitive chose Lehigh University for their venue this week when they met to discuss manufacturing and innovation. The event was sponsored by the Washington D.C.-based Council on Competitiveness, the Allentown, Pa.-based company Air Products, and Lehigh.
Harvard Business School's U.S. Competitiveness Project aims to engage local leaders, find paths to prosperity
Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria and Professor Michael Porter discuss America's declining competitiveness and possible solutions. Their appearance begins at about the 1:20 mark.
The chairman and CEO of General Electric outlined five areas where he believes the United States needs improvement: the number of math and science majors should double, the manufacturing sector should increase, globalization has to be accepted, energy independence is necessary, and the value placed on training and education should be greater.
Speakers at the forum included former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter; and Aspen Institute CEO Walter Isaacson. Former presidential advisor David Gergen moderated the event.
Three Harvard Business School professors made a stop in Silicon Valley to warn that the economic competitiveness of the United States is lagging. Their message was laced with hopes that entrepreneurship will save the country, but the facts they carried with them would depress members of any political party.
Job creation in the United States is hampered by supply and demand, but not in a traditional sense, according to new research from Deloitte. Specifically, the demand for highly skilled and adaptable workers is accelerating, but the skill set of the country's available talent is either outdated or out of stock, Deloitte reports.
The United States' ability to compete on the global stage has fallen for the fourth year running as confidence in the country's politicians continues to decline, an annual survey from the World Economic Forum found Wednesday.
Michael Porter and his colleagues at Harvard Business School have taken a new look at national competitiveness, one that raises deep questions about our economy, our businesses, and our politics.
Business groups complain that taxes, regulations and unfair trade practices hurt their international competitiveness. Now, we can add the weight of the American workforce to that list.
The US is still lagging behind other developed nations in levels of broadband internet availability. Nineteen million Americans still lack broadband access, according to the Eight Broadband Progress Report, issued by the Federal Communications Commission.
The United Soybean Board reports that transportation reliability and efficiency will be taxed as soybean production and global demand rises, threatening the agricultural product's ability to remain competitive on a worldwide scale.
Does the United States face insoluble economic challenges? In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent recession, growth has been sluggish--with unemployment devastating far too many Americans. Yet the real problem, obscured by this acute, cyclical downturn, may be a long-term erosion of competitiveness in a more challenging global economic era.
Nearly every member of Congress has blocked steps that would help their constituents prosper. The answer? Sol Erdman and Lawrence Susskind discuss advocacy plans for the Center for Collaborative Democracy.
Few doubt that to grow, the nation must innovate -- but how? We invite readers to post their specific ideas for accelerating development of the products, technologies and ideas we need to compete in global markets.
As the United States celebrates its independence, where does it stand in the world? The glut of global rankings generated by think tanks, nonprofit groups and global agencies gives a jumbled picture of how the U.S. stacks up on everything from happiness to health spending.
Among cities, New York, London and Tokyo are some of the strongest competitors in the world. Even so, their dominance is being threatened by the ongoing economic crisis, a top Chinese think tank said in a report.
Is there any hope for America's political process? Not much, was the answer from the group of Harvard Business School faculty gathered in Washington D.C.'s Newseum last week.
Leaders from the U.S. Senate, Small Business Administration, media, business and labor will join HBS in an interactive discussion about areas of agreement around the actionable steps that can be taken to address America's structural competitiveness challenges
Pushing the limits of an aging infrastructure, U.S. manufacturers face a future of increasing costs and instability unless new technologies and new investments can rejuvinate the system.
For the first time, people responding to a global survey are more likely to view China and not the United States as the world's leading economic power.
U.S. competitiveness was ranked second for 2011 for by the IMD, behind Hong Kong. The bad news is that it was first in 2010 and most years before, but it's worth contemplating the advantages that a group of international business executives and analysts still can find in the U.S. economy.
Professor Michael Porter joins a roundtable discussion on a potential Romney administration, Wall Street regulations, and the fundamental issues facing the US as a worldwide economic competitor. The 7-minute conversation on competitiveness begins at about the 8:40 mark of the video.
Four top government cybersecurity officials say America is getting attacked by nation state hackers and is vulnerable to much more.
The current state of U.S. competitiveness is not the problem, but rather, a symptom of a larger systemic one, says Andrew McKeon, founder of business-climate.com. Fixing U.S. competitiveness will require a systems perspective much broader and more holistic than American management has practiced in the last 40 years.
CEOs are waking up to the idea that companies have a role to play in addressing weaknesses in the business environment — in the United States or elsewhere — and that business needs to invest in the "commons" to prosper, not just pursue its narrow self-interest. By Harvard Business School's Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin.
The Harvard Business School's U.S. Competitiveness Project is challenging beliefs that have become deeply ingrained among many U.S. business leaders as the global economy has expanded and growth has accelerated in emerging markets.
Why are big companies not investing more in the United States? Findings from Harvard Business School's U.S. Competitiveness Project were discussed at a fascinating meeting of business leaders in New York Monday evening.
At an HBS-hosted event devoted to action, not academics, more than 600 New York City business and civic leaders gathered at Lincoln Center Monday evening to explore causes and business-led solutions to the nation's decline in global competitiveness.
When a business school solicits alumni, it's usually to ask for donations. Last night, though, the school hit them up for something they may find harder to give: a commitment to use whatever influence they have to get their companies to invest in the local workforce, raise U.S. median wages, and support local suppliers.
Harvard Business School professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin released a new report (PDF) where business community respondents suggest the root of U.S. competitiveness problems may lie in the country's tax code, political system, K-12 education, macroeconomic policies, legal framework, regulations, infrastructure, and workforce skills.
Professors Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin frame the HBS project on U.S. competitiveness by defining "competitiveness," assessing the state of U.S. competitiveness, and pinpointing dynamics that threaten America's competitiveness.
Across the political spectrum, there is consensus that the United States faces challenges to its competitiveness. Current U.S. fiscal policy is, unfortunately, part of the problem rather than the solution, according to Professors Richard H.K. Vietor and Matthew C. Weinzierl.
Over the last four decades companies have dispersed more and more of their activities across the globe. Data and analysis from Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin suggest that the U.S. is losing out on location decisions at an alarming rate, even for high value adding activities such as R&D that it should be able to attract.
It's generally understood that the United States can't be competitive—and won't be able to support high, and rising, living standards—without a well trained, well paid, and continuously improving workforce that can compete with the best that other countries have to offer. Yet, at all levels of the economy, we behave as if we don't believe this, opines Thomas A. Kochan.


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Date: September 24, 2009
by: Robin Roy | City Editor
After public outcry from St. Armands Circle and downtown event organizers, city commissioners voted Monday to delay implementation of a new special-event fee schedule that those organizers said would put their events at risk.
"I'm not just threatening that these events will go away — they will go away," said Diana Corrigan, executive director of the St. Armands Circle Association, which organizes 20 annual events on the Circle.
At the meeting, the City Commission decided to discuss the fees further with Corrigan and downtown event organizers. It will then hold another hearing on the issue in December and possibly implement the fees in January.
Corrigan said with the new fees, her group would be charged between $15,000 and $20,000 for the use of St. Armands Circle Park.
"We pay to keep the park clean, and now they're going to charge us to use it," she said.
City Manager Bob Bartolotta had hoped to recoup about $40,000 of the more than $200,000 he said it costs in man hours to process special-event permits each year, which he said was just 10% of what the county charges.
"Those costs don't go away," he said. "We had to choose — do we charge the event organizer or do we charge the taxpayer?"
Bartolotta commissioned an analysis that estimated the St. Armands Circle Association would only incur costs of about $10,000 to put on its events.
But Corrigan said that estimate did not include all of her events and did not account for the full setup and tear down time.
"The city manager is not giving the commission all the facts," she said. "He's trying to snow them."
Bartolotta proposed exempting 10 events each year from paying the fees. But Corrigan suggested only charging the out-of-town event organizers who don't pay local taxes and take their profits with them.
"I understand they're grasping at straws, looking for revenue," said Corrigan. "Charge the (event organizers) coming from out of town to use the parks. Don't charge us."
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- Crochet Hook – Size 5.0 mm (U.S. H), or Size Needed to Obtain Gauge. Gauge: 10 dc = 4"
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Ch 20.
Yoh and dc in third ch from hook and in every st across (19 sts).
Ch 2 and turn. Starting with first st, sc in each st across.
Ch 3 and turn. Starting with second st, dc in each st across.
Rep step 3 and 4 six times, forming a square.
Cut and tie off, working the end into piece.
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Stunning Hikes near Mount Baker
The high alpine tundra that stretches from the Mount Baker Highway (SR 542) is some of the most spectacular scenery in Washington. This is a place where the views are great, even from the trailhead.
Hikers on Mt. Baker-area trails are well-rewarded with colorful wildflowers, never-ending vistas of snowy peaks and the occasional marmot, bear or mountain goat.
What makes this area even more special is that it is attainable only in a short window of time between August and the end of September. Some years, when the snow stubbornly stays put, the main road never even gets plowed out.
Washington Trails Association scoured recent Trip Reports, photos and recommendations from our colleagues to suggest these seven fabulous day hikes. But really, you can't go wrong on any hike here.
Easy Hikes
Chain Lakes
Round Trip: 2 to 8 miles
Elevation Gain: 1,700'
Best Season: late July - mid-October
As an easy-going loop hike or backpack, or as a short day trip, the Chain Lakes don't disappoint.
Families with small children will enjoy a 2-mile loop around the Bagley Lakes, which lie in a deep cirque below Table Mountain. Push on for more glory, including Herman Saddle and the Chain Lakes—Iceberg, Arbuthnet, Hayes and Mazama.
Take the opportunity to admire the scenery, sift your fingers through the black volcanic sand beaches, dip your toes into the icy lakes and pick a few berries. Do note that snow can linger well into late summer. Bring a map, as there are several loop options that can take you back to your vehicle.
>> Read the Hiking Guide for more information
Table Mountain
Round Trip: 3 miles
Elevation Gain: 560'
Best Season: late August - mid-October
Table Mountain is one of the easiest mountain climbs in the state—at least after the snow melts.
In a short mile-and-a-half, reach the flat top of this rocky barren peak. You'll be faced with the glacial slopes of Mount Baker on one side and Shuksan on the other. It's pretty awesome.
We recommend checking conditions with the ranger station to ensure the snow is melted out enough to be safe. If it's not, try Ptarmigan Ridge or Huntoon Point as an alternative.
>> Read the Hiking Guide for more information
Winchester Lookout
Round Trip: 3.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 1320'
Best Season: late August - mid-October
Winchester Mountain is a stunning hike from start to finish. With fields of heather, sparkling lakes and views that will impress even the most seasoned hiker, this short and fairly easy hike should be on your bucket list.
A dangerous snowfield keeps it off-limits until late summer and early fall, but then it is open for business! Some hikers are even lucky enough to snag the lookout for an overnight.
Note that the road to the trailhead is a bit dicey for the family sedan.
>> Read more in our Hiking Guide
Skyline Divide
Round Trip: 9 miles
Elevation Gain: 2,500'
Best Season: August - September
Go silly with flowers in mid-August on Skyline Divide. You'll want your good camera to frame the grassy lupine-filled meadows with Mount Baker's looming white bulk in the background.
The bugs are notorious on this hike, but it is worth braving a few bites to take in the scene on the ridge.
Many hikers don't go beyond the first viewpoint, and those that walk up the ridge will shed company as they go. Better yet, haul up a backpack and take in the stars on a clear night. Just be sure not to park your tent on one of the meadows.
>> Read the Hiking Guide for more information
Yellow Aster Butte
Round Trip: 7.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 2,500'
Best Season: August - mid-October
Go late August for impressive wildflowers or a few weeks later for fabulous fall color and huckleberry feasting.
Yellow Aster Butte is a classic hike that should be on every hiker's bucket list. You won't find many (or any) yellow asters here, but you will be gobsmacked by the unending views.
Bring a map that shows the whole area, then spend some time identifying the multitude of peaks, from the prominent Mount Shuksan and Mount Tomyhoi to the mountains along and on the other side of the Canadian border.
>> Read the Hiking Guide for more information
Heliotrope Ridge
Note: The road to this trailhead washed out in May 2013 and is unlikely to be fixed this year.
Round Trip: 5.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 1,400'
Best Season: late August - early October
Heliotrope Ridge offers a treat unlike many of the other four-star hikes near Mount Baker: the chance to touch the icy toe of the Coleman Glacier.
Join the legions of climbers marching up Mount Baker for your chance to inspect the blue chunks of glacier cascading down this frozen volcano.
Stay safe by remaining on terra firma during your stay, however. Another cautionary note is that there are several un-bridged stream crossings along the hike. This is one to save until later in the season, when the flows are not so fast and deep.
>> Read the Hiking Guide for more information
Church Mountain
Round Trip: 8.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 3,750'
Best Season: mid-July - early October
Church Mountain lives up to its lofty name. But it makes you work for it with what seems like a bazillion switchbacks that make the nearly 900-vertical-feet-per-mile gain only a teensy bit more tolerable.
For all of your sweat equity, you get a stunning 360 and way more solitude than the other hikes in this feature. It's also a trail that is attainable earlier in the season, due to its south-facing ascent. Bring water, however; this is a pretty dry hike.
>> Read the Hiking Guide for more information
Hannegan Peak
Round Trip: 10.4 miles
Elevation Gain: 3,100'
Best Season: August - October
Splash on the bug spray and sunscreen to prepare for one of those iconic alpine hikes you crave all winter long.
With waterfalls, flowers and more to distract you from the bugs, the Hannegan Peak trail delivers from the very beginning. The way starts moderately and only gets to business at the 3-mile mark as you ascend to Hannegan Pass.
For the real payoff, press on from the pass to the peak. A steep-but-short climb takes you to the top of Hannegan Peak where you'll want to spend some time spinning around like a record to take in the sights from every direction.
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New York's famous horse-drawn carriages could be replaced by vintage electric cars as concerns grow about the welfare of the horses. If animal rights advocates get their way, horse-drawn carriages could be replaced by as many as 68 cars.
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Chevrolet Bringing Tiny Trax SUV to US and China
Chevrolet's smallest SUV is heading to its biggest markets. The Chevrolet Trax will go on sale in the U.S. and China early next year. General Motors Co. unveiled the 2015 model ahead of the New York International Auto Show.
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The 2014 Audi RS 7 checks all the boxes and then some for wealthy car buyers who want a stylish, luxury sedan that looks like a coupe, delivers 500-plus turbocharged V-8 horsepower and comes with a high-brow German pedigree.
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Michelle Miller reports from the observation deck of the Empire State Building, where a new Ford Mustang convertible is on display to celebrate a big anniversary for one of America's most iconic cars.
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As General Motors executives show off their newest cars and trucks in New York this week, analysts are watching for signs that consumers are shying away from the ones sitting on dealer lots.
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Much Ado About Loving
What Our Favorite Novels Can Teach You About Date Expectations, Not So-Great Gatsbys, and Love in the Time of Internet Personals
In our quest to reach romantic nirvana, we turn to self-help manuals, magazines, talk shows, friends, relatives, and shrinks. But we've overlooked the true font of wisdom: the timeless stories written by great novelists. That's where Much Ado About Loving comes in. In its pages, two book lovers who are also advice columnists—Maura Kelly and Jack Murnighan—relay the lessons in life and love that they've learned from reading more classic novels than your English teacher, while having far more romantic conundrums than all of Jane Austen's characters combined. They've done the heavy reading—and the recovering from heartbreak—for you.
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After Sebastian Vettel's Jerez testing opportunities were cut short on Wednesday, his team-mate Daniel Ricciardo suffered a similar fate during his first stint inside a Red Bull car on Thursday.
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The bouncer looked at our IDs. "California. Yeah, alright, we need some more bodies in there anyway."
"Thanks, man." We walked into the London dance club, trying not to seem overly excited that the pro-surfer line worked again. Our hair was sun-bleached after spending several weeks on the beaches of Spain and Portugal. We emphasized our Southern California slur, using "dude" at least twice in every sentence. The surfer lie was perfect.
As I parted the velvet curtain to enter the club, a shiny empty dance floor beamed reflections of the lasers into our eyes. Maybe this surfer thing wasn't all that powerful; this must have been the lamest club in London. A solitary man danced alone as if he were leading a congo line around the club. Several silhouettes of hunched-over bodies hovered by the bar. There was no one worth introducing our fake identities to, but the club was all ours.
I hustled over to the DJ to request that M.I.A. song I had stuck in my head. "It's electro night, chap. No hip-hop," the DJ screamed over the blaring drum 'n' bass music. "Okay, whatever." So we danced our little Californian hearts out, like a double-act Bacardi commercial — or the video above from Maxmillion Dunbar's newest release House of Woo from RVNG Intl. Records.
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Black Chamber
Black Chamber
While in college, I took a course on the history of jazz. The teacher was a musician named Hofbauer — if you're him, what up, thanks for the A — whose final included an essay question that went something like, "Why isn't jazz as popular as it used to be, and how can it regain its popularity?" I distinctly remember my response talking about how jazz musicians used to cover more pop songs and how one option might be for modern jazz artists to do the same, while also re-incorporating elements of the newer musical genres that've borrowed so heavily from jazz, namely hip-hop and electronica. Of course, collaborations between jazz artists and hip-hoppers are nothing new — see Miles Davis' Doo-Bop and Guru's Jazzmatazz for a few prime examples. But jazz musicians covering rap songs or looping riffs and dropping tempos to the point where their tunes sound like beats? These phenomena I hadn't witnessed until recently, with groups like BADBADNOTGOOD. In the words of Mr. Pink, "I'm not saying they weren't there, I'm saying there were there, but they didn't move in till…"
Whereas BBNG has their fun soloing electrically along with the chord progressions of hit songs like "Brooklyn Zoo," "Lemonade," and "Earl," Black Chamber goes another route, their muted trumpet, stand-up bass, and drawn-out drum rhythms holding a moody streetwise conversation that sounds like the kind of defeat and despair you find only in damp, dark alleyways or abandoned buildings. It's not bright and fun, but scorched and spectral like a Western ghost town. Their cover of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" manages to somehow simultaneously add some soul and suck out any semblance of hope the original had to offer. It's like old Portishead with no vocals and more attitude. All attempts at objectivity aside, this album fucking rules, and I really hope you not only check it out, but tell all of your friends about it too.
• Black Chamber: http://www.blackchambermusic.com
Marika Hackman
"Retina Television"
While the vast majority of England's folk-pop exports cajole around in sunny wheat fields, wearing the latest Victorian peasant attire and melting down their Grammy awards into soles for their leather brogues, British songstress Marika Hackman is carefully, quietly spinning stories of love, death, and mutilation.
Although her cloppy, quirky instrumental arrangements and honeyed, Nico-esque coo stir up a sense of intimacy and comfort, Hackman is essentially the musical equivalent of a Grimm fairy tale villain: enticing us with understated hooks and softly-stirred rhythms, painting images of pupils "as deep as wells" and "black as crows," and lulling us into a bemused calm, one so soothing that it can be easy to overlook the heavy dread hanging over a song as beautiful as "Retina Eyes."
I wish I had that attention to dynamics at the microscopic level when I was 19. Hackman's highly-anticipated "mini-album," That Iron Taste, comes out February 25 on Dirty Hit Records. Joanna Newsom, you've got yourself some competition.
• Marika Hackman: http://www.marikahackman.com
• Dirty Hit: http://www.dirtyhit.co.uk
Ensemble Pearl
"Painting on a Corpse"
Tier 1: OMFG guys, did you hear about this new SuperGroup called The Pearl Ensemble or something??? It's the dude from Sun Oh and some japanese dudes and I think also some dude related to Werner Herzog?? I'm not really that into this sort of thing but I know you love this droney baloney bullshit — you def need to check this out.
Tier 2: Ensemble Pearl is truly stacked, man. Stephen O'Malley (sunn o))), Khanate, KTL, innumerable projects) on the Travis Bean reverb worship; Michio Kurihara (Ghost, Boris) tape delaying treble-blasted leads into oblivion; Atsuo (Boris) in full-on doom dub crawl percussion, delay on the snare, plus some gong atmospherics; Bill Herzog (Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter) keeping it all grounded with steady, mountainous bass work. You know you're going to love this, man — like, it's basically the Dead Man soundtrack on crack.
Tier 3: Four musicians who have proven themselves masters of contemporary extreme music apart and in previous collaborations get together in Japan to hash out a soundtrack commission received by O'Malley. The project, however, evolves into another beast entirely: a quartet experimenting together in the studio, their idiosyncratic tones combining into compositions of the most elemental variety. On "Painting On A Corpse," our first taste of Ensemble Pearl's self-titled album on Drag City, we hear isolated guitar leads swell and collide across spacious mixes, inhuman drones coaxed from sound sources we thought we knew so well, a rhythm section rattling out a perfectly ill-at-ease backdrop, maximum atmosphere yielding maximum results.
Pre-order Ensemble Pearl from Drag City. It will ship to your home on or around March 19th, and you will fall deep into it.
• Stephen O'Malley: http://www.ideologic.org
• Atsuo: http://fangsanalsatan.com
• Michio Kurihara: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Michio+Kurihara
• Bill Herzog: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Bill+Herzog?noanv=1
• Drag City: http://www.dragcity.com
James Rushford & Joe Talia
Do you wake up to join faceless commuters on the subway travelling to dead end jobs in the city and finish off your day in a damp house with a takeaway and a brown paper bag of alcohol? Then your life is a tragic cliche. And you could comfortably soundtrack it with Manhunter, a project by Australia's James Rushford and Joe Talia. Album is out now on Graham Lambkin's wonderful Kye imprint.
Various Artists: Lo-Fi by Default
Label Sampler Vol. 2
Collecting many of the great, glanced-over electronic musicians from around the world, this sampler by the L0-Fi by Default imprint really spans some serious distance. Coming from the middle of the US, Kansas, it's the kind of release that keeps the coasts' egos in check.
The $PL▲$H ¢LUB 7 track from the compilation, "MEGA_MALL_64" comes from that post-vaporwave (was it ever even there to begin with?) haze, dropping those 90's drum sounds over a wall of muzak synth swirls. You can check it out below. It's a perfect center point for the entire sampler, as each track either heads further out toward the airy, shoegaze side of things or drops heavier drums over the more trance-driven end of the spectrum.
Check out the entire Lo-Fi by Default sampler at the label's Bandcamp page, and buy the entire thing for a terribly affordable price.
• Lo-Fi by Default: http://lofibydefault.bandcamp.com


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If these rules do not say you can do it then don't do it! Be sure to check the general rules. All interpretation by the track are final. You are responsible to know the track's position on rules. Ignorance is no excuse! OEM stock Parts or OEM Stock replacement parts only NO high performance parts. (Car and parts must remain stock unless it is spelled out in these rules that the stock parts can be changed. Stock means the way it came from the factory) if you are not sure ask before changing parts.
1. Any 1970 or newer American sedan with a minimum wheelbase allowed is 104"weight 3300 with original driver. No sub compact sports cars or pony cars (Camaro, Firebird, Mustang, etc.) allowed. Maximum Left Side weight is 53.0. No tolerance. Ride Height 5 inches.
1. Complete stock body for year, make and model. May use sheet metal or Alunimum but body must look stock.
2. Car body must be strictly stock. No modifications or alterations of any kind except as outlined below.
3. Removal of interior parts which can be removed. No cutting of any panels allowed. Any interior part that is flammable must be removed. All exterior trim must be removed. Dash can be removed.
4. Left and right may be gutted for roll bars. Minimum of 4 bars on driver's side. Three (3) bars on passenger side. Four (4) door cars may remove center door posts for safety.
5. Hood must have three (3)Hood pins in front and two (2) hood pins in rear if hinges are not used. Hood and trunk lid can be gutted may use pins for trunk lid also instead of hinges. No holes in hood.
6. Inner front fender panels may be removed. Fenders may be trimmed for tire clearance.
7. Complete floor pan must be retained.
8. Trunk floor may be gutted to the center of the rear axle.
9. Stock factory brake pedal must be mounted in original factory stock location.
10. The window channel on the front doors of a sedan style body may be removed. All other windows posts must remain as placed by manufacturer in original location.
11. All glass or plastic must be removed.
12. Side windows okay. Drivers and passenger window must remain open with the exception of the window net.
13. No spoilers.
14. May use pipe bumpers and radiator support okay. Maximum 1%"od .095 wall pipe with 1 top loop and 2 rearward braces that must stop in front of A frame. No sharp edges.
Chassis and Suspension:
1. OEM suspension Front and Rear. Completely factory stock.
2. Camber 5 degrees maximum measured by track.
3. Stock OEM or OEM stock Replacement shock:
A. Racing shocks the following may be used but must be stock looking and in stock location may use Pro or AFCO only.
4. OEM stock springs or OEM stock replacement springs. You may run any OEM spring you want left to right in width diameter. But there can be only 2 inches difference in the height of them with your spacer. NO RACING SPRINGS.
5. Upper control arms OEM or may use tubular control arms.
1. Stock for make and model. GM 350, Chrysler 360, Ford 351.max. All fords will be allowed 351 cubic inches. Metric cars will be allowed 350 cubic inches. No Small Block 400's. Engines must remain strickly stock as produced by manufacturer. No modification of any kind unless outlined herein. Must have toe strap.
2. No high performance engine of any kind. No high performance parts of any kind. No air boxes.
3. Heads 73cc minimum.
4. Throttle toe strap is mandatory. Linkage must have two (2) return springs.
5. An engine kill switch must be mounted in the window net area and easily accessible by the driver and from the outside of the car.
6. The switch must be clearly marked "ignition switch"and show on and off position.
7. No grinding on any part of engine or components. No angle milling.
8. Maximum over bore allowed .060 and must be stock stroke + /-.010
9. OEM pulley. Or aluminum pulley.
10. Maximum cam lift is .450 theoretical valve lift.
11. Carburetor-500 CFM 4412 Holly 1inch Adapter Plate.
Must have double return spring.
12. Replacement screw in studs are o.k. poly locks o.k.
13. Any valve covers.
14. OEM four eyebrow flat top pistons o.k.
15. Any solid metal air cleaner top.
16. Aftermarket aluminum radiator o.k.
17. After market power steering pump okay.
18. Three (3) angle valve job okay. Final cut no greater than 75 degree.
No back cut, tulip, neck down, Stainless valves. Bronze guides o.k.
19. All internal components must not exceed factory OEM specs. It is yuur responsibility to provide factory data to back up specs.
Drive Train
1. Rear end must be strickly stock for make and model of car. Welded rear end O.K.
2. Must have stock 350 turbo automatic transmission with all gears working. Factory type mount.
3. Engine location – in stock position for make and model in factory mounts.
4. No posi or limited slip locked rear ends by welding. Spider gear only, Mini spool O.K.
5. Drive shaft must be painted white or bright color and include the car number. Drive shaft loop will be a 5 inch diameter steel loop. 1inch wide ¼ inch thick. It must be securely mounted to the frame 12 inches from the front universal. Must have one on rear drive shaft from its mount.
Wrapping duck tape around the extinguisher or any other material that will prohibit that easy removal of the extinguisher is not acceptable.
6. A single quick release, 4 point harness (minimum 3 inch belts) dated 2006or newer is required in all vehicles. All belts and installation shall be approved by the safety officials. Sternum straps are O.K. All required belts must be in use at any time the car is in motion on the track. Racing harness must be attached to roll cage.
7. Window nets are required on the driver's side of the car and must securely mounted. Nets must latch at the top and be operational from inside and outside of the car. Drivers must be able to get out of either side of the car in case of emergency.
8. Aluminum racing seats mandatory.
9. Battery shall be secured to frame of car and must be encased. The lead ballast must be painted with car number and secured with one ½ inch bolt per 50 lbs. It is your responsibility to make sure your ballast stays in your car for everyone's safety. Loose ballast on the track is not acceptable.
10. Fuel Cells are mandatory.
A. Securely mounted behind driver and behind rear firewall.
1. Manifold-stock OEM manifold only. Exhaust pipe must exit pass the driver and no larger 2 1/2 inches all the way.
2. No center dump exhaust manifold.
3. Must have over the counter mufflers, or Glass packs. Flow master, cherry bomb.
1. No additives allowed.
2. Cutting the trunk for the fuel cell is permitted. Fuel Cell must be in gauge steel compartment.
A. No rigid filler spouts shall pass through body. Fuel cell must be contained in an approved steel container. All fuel cells must have check valve in vent line.
B. Fuel cells must a minimum of 7 inch off the ground and rear protection
bar minimum 1%" .095 bar, 2 straps minimum1 inch width, Surrounding the entire fuel cell. Fuel cells must be bolted. NO RIVETS-NO SHEET METAL SCREWS.
3. All cars must have a front and rear tow hook up. We are not responsible for damage to your car.
4. All cars must have a clear windshield that the driver can be able to see through. And have number on the passenger side top of windshield at least 4 inches.
5. All cars must have a radiator over flow can. Water is the only acceptable
6. Will not allow any rough driving on the track, If you cannot pass the car fair then don't try. Any driver that rough drives will be black flagged. Racing is racing and there will be some bumping. But we will not tolerate any driver pushing a car out the way to go to the front. No pushing a car down the back or front or straight away.
The track reserves the right to add weight at its discretion for the fairness of competition.
1. Stock factory OEM 4 wheel working brakes only. No brakes bias devices of any kind.
Wheels and Tires:
1. Maximum 8 inch wheels any stock offset or 2 inch maximum offset from side to side.
2. Minimum 7/16 inch studs with 1 inch lug nuts on all four (4) wheels.
3. Tires must not exceed 2 inch from fender wells.
1. P.G.S. Officials may inspect any car and, Or equipment at any time for compliance. All cars must have initial safety inspection each season before they race.
2. All required safety equipment and apparel must be in use while the car is on the race track.
A. Racing helment with min. Snell 95 rating. Neck brace recommended. Fire suit with sfi min. rating of "i". No holes or torn fire suits allowed. Fire resistant gloves, shoes, and socks must be worn at all times car is on track.
3. A minimum 4 point roll cage must be steel pipe or tubing, a minimum
Of 1 Vz (1.50inch) outside diameter with minimum .095 inch wall thickness. No square tubing or galvanized pipe allowed. No exceptions !! Roll bar padding required around driver. Bars may pass through front and rear firewall. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
4. All cars must have a fire extinguisher (minimum 2 lbs.) securely mounted within easy reach of driver. The mounting must be in such a way that the driver can quickly remove it.
The track retains the right to modify or append any rules it deems necessary to allow orphaned racers to be able to race at the track competitively but not to give them an unfair advantage.
A. Its your responsibility to bring proof of your specs to prove any difference in tech. If you bring no proof if there is any difference from what the track has, and what you claim tech will always be the winner. (you should have proof of what's on your carat all times in your records.)
B. All vehicles with enclosed front ends and bumpers are required to have a hook or chain loop device, to allow hooking by a wrecker, capable of supporting the weight of the vehicle when lifted. This procedure must capable of being carried out without raising the hood. If a wrecker comes to you to tow you and you do not have a cable or chain, you will be disqualified for the night.
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